Word: liaison
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...A.J.A.s in public life withdrew rather than incur the wrath of the haoles. In huge numbers, the younger nisei volunteered for military service. They were rebuffed at first. But in 1942, thanks in part to the intercession of the late Governor John Burns, then a police officer serving as liaison between the FBI and the A.J.A.s, 7,500 were inducted and shipped to Europe. Half of them were killed or wounded; their units were heavily decorated. The proud survivors returned home and went to college on the G.I. Bill. A new professional class was born...
...mamzer (generally, a person born as a result of incest or a liaison between a married woman and someone other than her husband) can marry only another mamzer or a convert...
...termed Dowson's "resignation." But, troubled by sagging profits, they issued a statement saying they were considering proposals "for broad corporate reorganization." Among the expected reforms: delegation by Davis of real authority to division managers; nomination of a director who would live in the U.S. and maintain close liaison with the American investors who own 45% of Rank's shares...
...where he had met his first FBI agent. Recalled Bates: "He was a sharp young fella and he carried a gun, which impresses any young man." So he joined up too. After assignments in Newark and Washington, Bates worked for seven years in the U.S. embassy in London as liaison with Scotland Yard. Returning to the U.S. in 1965, he became chief of the FBI office in Omaha and later had similar assignments in Cleveland, San Francisco and Chicago. Once, the lanky, 6-ft. 2-in. Bates was almost killed: in 1968, when he went after a kidnaper...
...primary contest was grimy even by Texas standards, the candidates swapping insults worthy of a saloon brawl. With the backing of Lyndon Johnson, John Connally and the Texas political-financial establishment, Bentsen scored an upset victory. That fall he defeated Republican George Bush, now chief of the U.S. liaison office in Peking...